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... verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He added , “ my father was a foolish old man ; that is to say , foolish in talking of his chil- dren . " * Young Johnson had the misfortune to be much afflicted with the scrofula , or ...
... verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He added , “ my father was a foolish old man ; that is to say , foolish in talking of his chil- dren . " * Young Johnson had the misfortune to be much afflicted with the scrofula , or ...
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... verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordi- nary diversions : his only amusement was in winter , when he ...
... verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordi- nary diversions : his only amusement was in winter , when he ...
Pàgina 33
... verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he gave the ...
... verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he gave the ...
Pàgina 34
... verses , entitled somnium , containing a common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politicks ; he should confine himself to humbler themes ...
... verses , entitled somnium , containing a common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politicks ; he should confine himself to humbler themes ...
Pàgina 43
... verses to be read , ) what would be , in each case , the total amount in a week , month , and year . ✓ No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was that ...
... verses to be read , ) what would be , in each case , the total amount in a week , month , and year . ✓ No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was that ...
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Pàgina 177 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Pàgina 206 - ... Seven years, my Lord,' have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...
Pàgina 152 - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Pàgina 103 - O thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest: From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
Pàgina 210 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
Pàgina 157 - a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Pàgina 49 - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy, yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
Pàgina 65 - Garrick described her to me as very fat, with a bosom of more than ordinary protuberance, with swelled cheeks, of a florid red, produced by thick painting, and increased by the liberal use of cordials ; flaring and fantastic in her dress, and affected both in her speech and her general behaviour.
Pàgina 40 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
Pàgina 44 - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.